A qualitative analysis of South African women's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HPV and cervical cancer prevention, vaccine awareness and acceptance, and maternal-child communication about sexual health

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 8760-8765

  Francis, Shelley A ^a   Battle Fisher, Michele ^b   Liverpool, Joan ^c   Hipple, Lauren ^d   Mosavel, Maghboehba ^e   Soogun, Soji ^f   Mofammere, Nokuthula ^f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Deskan Institute Stone Mountain   (United States)

^d The Laurel School   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication; HPV and cervical cancer prevention; Maternal attitudes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 82455175340     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.07.116     Document Type: Article

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